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No. 705,365 Patented July .22, I902. c. LAW.

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(Application flle l Nov. 27, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES LAW, OF PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 705,365, dated July 22, 1902. Application filed November 2'7, 1901. Serial No, 83,897. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that 1, CHARLES LAW, a citizenof the United States of America, residing at Pittston, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chutes, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to chutes for con veying coal, grain, or other products in loading vessels.

The object of this invention is to provide a chute which will convey coal, grain, and other products without injury thereto by breaking, shattering, &c., and to so construct the same that it may be readily adjusted to deliver or discharge the product placed therein to either side or end of the vessel.

Another object of this invention is to pro-.

vide a spiral chute consisting of a series of telescoping spiral sections, adjustable one upon the other, the upper section being secured in abreech adapted to fit'over the hatch way of a ship and the lower section supporting a revolving section, by means of which the coal, grain, (be. may be discharged in any desired direction.

With these and such other objects in View as may hereinafter appear my invention consists in the particular construction and arrangement of the various parts, all of which will be described in the specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and

is a similar telescopingsection G, which is also provided with set-screws H for locking the two sections together. It is further provided with a short half-spiral section or spout I, which is mounted in bearings J upon its free end in such a manner that it may be easily revolved,.soasto discharge the coal, grain, &c., inany desired direction.

If desired, the spiral sections may be dispensed with and a continuous spiral tube employed in lieu thereof. However, I deem it best to construct the chute of telescoping cylindrical spiral sections in the manner described, thus providing a chute that is purely adjustable in its length, one that can be quickly adapted for loading either deep or shallow vessels, a chute that will occupy but little space when not in use,'owin g to the fact that one part telescopes the other, and one that will efficiently perform all of its intended functions.

It is Well known to nearly all practical coal merchants that coal contains sulfur and other vapors, fumes, &c., which attack metals such as iron, copper, and the like.

propose to construct my improved chute with r'nanganese bronze or enameled iron, upon which there would be no effect.

. Having thus described myinvention, What I; claim as new, and-desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

' 1. In a chute, a series of telescoping spiral sections, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a chute, a hopper, a series of telescopin g cylindrical spiral sections and a revolving spout,'substantially as shown and described.

3. Ina chute, a hopper connected to a series of telescoping cylindrical spiral sections and'a revolving spout upon the free end of the last section, substantially as shown and described.

4. Ina chute, abreech supportingahopper, the said hopper communicating with a series of-cylindrical telescoping spiral sections, setscrews for locking the said sections together, and a revolving spout mounted upon the end of the chute, substantially as shown and=for the purpose set forth.

' CHARLES LAW; WVitnesses: I

WM. 0. SMITH,

A. M. TINKER.

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